Nation Quotes

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All I want is the same thing you want. To have a nation with a government that is as good and honest and decent and… — Jimmy Carter
This Memorial Day should remind us of the greatness that past generations of Americans achieved from Valley Forge to Vietnam, and it should inspire us… — Richard M. Nixon
Their sacrifice was great, but not in vain. All Americans and every free nation on earth can trace their liberty to the white markers of… — George W. Bush
It was the transcendent fortitude and steadfastness of these men who in adversity and in suffering through the darkest hour of our history held faithful… — Herbert Hoover
Today, the United States stands as a beacon of liberty and democratic strength before the community of nations. We are resolved to stand firm against… — Ronald Reagan
We owe this freedom of choice and action to those men and women in uniform who have served this nation and its interests in time… — Ronald Reagan
Words are even more feeble on this Memorial Day, for the sight before us is that of a strong and good nation that stands in… — Ronald Reagan
When you won that title you should know now that you are representing a whole country or nation with your actions and you are now… — Alexis Arguello
Democracy is never a thing done. Democracy is always something that a nation must be doing. — Archibald MacLeish
Woe to that nation whose literature is cut short by the intrusion of force. This is not merely interference with freedom of the press but… — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
We know that this nation entered into solemn treaties [with Indian tribes] which have been continuously violated for more than 250 years. It's a disgrace.… — John McCain
An absolute condition of all successful living, whether for an individual or a nation, is the acceptance of death. — Freya Stark
Individual liberty is individual power, and as the power of a community is a mass compounded of individual powers, the nation which enjoys the most… — John Quincy Adams
If the Nation can issue a dollar bond it can issue a dollar bill. The element that makes the bond good makes the bill good… — Thomas A. Edison
English character and English freedom depend comparatively little on the form which the Constitution assumes at Westminster. A centralised democracy may be as tyrannical as… — James Anthony Froude
The individual is the true reality of life. A cosmos in himself, he does not exist for the State, nor for that abstraction called "society,"… — Emma Goldman
Why suspend the habeas corpus in insurrections and rebellions? Examine the history of England. See how few of the cases of the suspension of the… — Thomas Jefferson
He that would travel for the entertainment of others, should remember that the great object of remark is human life. Every nation has something peculiar… — Samuel Johnson
The nation is sick; trouble is in the land, confusion all around...But I know, somehow, that only when it is dark enough can you see… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
I do esteem individual liberty above everything. What is a nation for, but to secure the maximum liberty to every individual? — D. H. Lawrence
A man may have to die for our country: but no man must, in any exclusive sense, live for his country. He who surrenders himself… — C.S. Lewis
We are not going to deal with the violence in our communities, our homes, and our nation, until we learn to deal with the basic… — Marian Wright Edelman
In the gospel message, the beginning of change occurs in the heart of each individual. This heart change makes a difference in the home, then… — Ravi Zacharias
In fact, it was the largest expeditionary force of the 18th century. The largest, most powerful force ever set forth from Britain or any nation. — David McCullough
The real people nation have for centuries had the practice at birth of speaking the same first phrase to all newborns. Each person hears the… — Marlo Morgan

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